Ararahih'urípih
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mâaka in the other room

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lexicon ID #4140 | revised Jul 21 2014

mâaka • N • in the other room

Source: WB 953.18, p.365

  • mâaka kúuk tóoktaama, vaa káan pananítaat utháaniv. (Someone) took it in the other room, my mother was lying there. [Reference: WB files]
  • mâaka kich uvôonipaati ma'tîimich. He just moved back, into the back part of the sweathouse. [Reference: KT 122b.10]

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  1. xas    tá    ikxúrar    axmay    mâaka    úxak   
    then    PERF    evening    suddenly    in.other.room    it.made.a.noise   
    And when evening came suddenly there was a noise at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. mâaka    kích    uvôonipaati    ma'tîimich   
    in.other.room    only    he.crawled.toward.the.back    back.corner.of.sweathouse   
    He (Grizzly Bear) only moved back against the wall in the back part of the sweathouse.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. mâaka    kích    uvafnúuchripaati    pirishkâarim   
    in.other.room    only    he.shrugged    grizzly   
    Grizzly Bear only shrugged back.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  4. mâaka    kúuk    tá    núktaama    vaa    káan    pananítaat    utháaniv    uyíkihitih   
    in.other.room    to    PERF    we.took.it    so    there    my.mother    she.was.lying    she.was.sick   
    We took it in the other room, my mother was lying there, she was sick.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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